After playing the REAL monopoly game it seemed to be an exact mirror of society; the poor get too poor and die out, the middle class breaks even in the end or makes little headway into the upper class, and the upper class still is making more and more money. Wealth gives people a head start in life and a completely different perspective on living- the well doesn't seem like it could ever run dry. Without wealth you can not plan on being apart of upper class lifestyle. You also can't decide to become wealthy since wealth is money that is built up over time. During the "people like us" video, the trailer dump kids wanted to look nice and presentable- i saw this as being a characteristic of upper class lifestyle- he, if born in the right family, could have had a matching lifestyle to his personality, but because he wasn't he is forced to live the life he leads and he feels embarrassed. Too many people make a bigger deal about class than it should be. In the end everyone is a person and its the lifestyle that you have chosen directly or indirectly. However you as an individual have to decide if you want to set your future family up with money so that it can begin to generate some sort of wealth over the next generations. I like how social class is set up because without the poor- who do you compare the rich? and without the two extremes of rich and poor how would someone be balanced? Everyone has opportunity to climb the social ladder- its just not all equal opportunity- but hey some of it just comes down to luck and who your family is.

What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what
we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances. The characteristics that
ruin a man in one class made him eminent in another

I think the quote should be "who a man is..." and i also think that i would judge a person based on their character and not their circumstances. Also The characteristics that a man has does not make or break him. i think no matter your class you are supposed to find a position in society to work towards. This could be how you want your future lineage to live whether it be upper class , middle, or if you really wanted to, lower- it depends on the type of culture you like. you should have goal for a new experience and you should utilize and exploit your personal talents (characteristics of you) to get there.

I agrue that the single most useful characteristic that applies in every single class is the salesmen attitude. On a low class level you see a lot of illegal sales and everyday hustling. On the middle class level from an early age you are taught the buy/sell/trade market of poekmon and yugioh and crazy bones and all other collectibles, and the upper class level you generally just playing monopoly with your money but still all about sales.

Punishable deviance is a social construct but it is mainly controlled by the government in charge of punishment. Unless its a government less in control or more lenient on non serious crimes then it will always be a social construct among all societies. It is very difficult to regulate punishable deviance. It all comes down to the beliefs that are shared within the people in power of making those laws. Our punishment/penitentiary system shows us that we are hippo critical of what "health" really means to our citizens, we are also paranoid of our own citizens since we lock up a majority for non violent crimes, and we enjoy creating an everlasting problem since we don't feel the need to rehabilitate those criminals that we put in a really long "time out" and talk to them so they understand what they did wrong and how they're going to do better next time. Sadly the people that are being put in jail are the poorest of the nation too. A lot of their criminal actions are out of desperation since jobs with minimum wage aren't enough to support the minimal existence of life.

I have the same answer to fix the problem-------- Riot haha

gender differences in socialization is definitely a major factor in how everyone grows up.

if there weren't different genders to factor in to socialization then socialization loses a lot of its dynamic. Its because of the two separate, but similar, socialization patterns- guys tend to be way more competitive, but girls do more communicating over all. Just imagine if those two gender socialization differences were switched and boys talked as much as girls and girls were in your face competitive, it would bring a totally different society. The presence of stereotypes like this mold marketing that had been present my whole childhood. One instance of me facing the gender differences was with a toy stroller buggy and my stuffed animals. I had a pink plastic stroller only because they didn't make strollers in any other color, and i wanted to wheel around my stuffed animals as fat as possible down the hall way. So sort of ironic that i was being a crazy boy running and going as fast as possible, while still taking care of my stuffed animals and being the proud owner of a pink stroller buggy.

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The children who won't grow up Peter Pan-demonium, kidults, boomerang kids.... A sociologist examines the phenomenon of lost boys and girls hanging out on the edge of adulthood.

by Frank Furedi

The socialization process for children now is different than previous generations because of the advancement of technology and media. The media has evolved to be better at hooking children in to new TV shows, new toys, and to act older than they are. Media allows children to mimic it and the media has become too grown up, because of this children are losing their innocence earlier and earlier, this can be seen 100% in how girls clothing has changed and reached out to younger girls too. Because of the girls trying to mature faster the boys take the heat for having to try and catch up and they are so involved with their online video games they don't even want to leave the house and socialize at all! These are not concerns to me personally, because i feel that it is each individual persons obligation to decide how they want to deal with the ever changing environment of society. Some may say well what if i had a kid then what would i think, well i wouldn't have a TV on in the house- or online video games and i would be more inclined to veer away from new technology and allow my own kid to try and adapt to the society on their own.

Adolescent social status is one of the only things teens and younger kids have control over. Human beings naturally try to control aspects of their lives so it makes sense that when a person is young, and the only thing they can control is social status, that they would be obsessively consumed by that aspect of life. It is also important because social status is what defines you when your in a school environment. Even on top of that social status is a indicator of how many people like you and a lot of kids care highly about who does and doesn't like them.

nature and nurture are the two most influential aspects of growing up and becoming your own person. My nurture is mirrored through what i want to do and what i wear because i seem to mimic my dad a lot. My experiences, my nature, has formed my personality and how i handle any given situation. My nurture makes me mellow and calm and my nature is aggressive and ambitious. These balance each other out and keep me well rounded as an individual. That is the magic of having nature and nurture, they effect each other and your personality develops through nurture and experience.

I'm like my family in every aspect of my habits and personality. My mom, dad, and sister all share the same qualities all together but we dont each have the same qualities. My parents think my personality is spacial because even at a very young age i was very sociable and welcoming. When i was in day care the school and chosen to use me to introduce all the new kids so that they felt welcome. I also was always able to intrigue and communicate with adults at an early age and was another level of my acceptance of all different types of people. Their aren't any parts of my parents personalities that i wouldn't want because any negatively perceived elements are apart of how that type of personality learns. It is impossible to go against nature and nurture because it's how a person deals with those constants that define their personality. So to go against it would make you anti social as that is the only way against nature and nurture, ignoring them .

Mr. Smith- i didn't do this blog earlier because i am a space head

any who here's what i owe you

A "new" water in my life is the effects of artificial reality and the disconnect from face to face social experiences. Now i'm not saying its not their in our lives, but it is dramatically less than how the whole world used to be. Back in the day lets say 200 hundred years ago their were social forums where people used to converse, meet up, and even trade, but as that had evolved civilization created technology which became the start of a lot of new water. If i want to have fun with my friends- we dont go outside and everything seems artificial. the only options you really have is video games, computers, and tv. there seems to be a screen between all interaction now. plays are now movies, txt screens become the face of your friends when you converse, and playing a game of pick up basketball turned into halo on xbox with a mic as your only connection to your friends.

Navigation through this water is hard since hoping on the band wagon and giving into how interaction works now a days. I highly enjoy my time with friends conversing and interacting, but it just feels weird not being able to see the person as an individual interating with you. communication is just what you say or how you say it, it's your expressions, body language, and being without the option of turning your friends "off" through what ever screen your using.

the american values that i embrace is equality (like everyone is really equal lol), freedom (not like we're that free but at least we're better off than everyone else), majority rule (society gets what it wants wheather minorities do or dont.....basically i dont care if im against the majority only because i know life goes on). I have my own set of values and they are all inherreted by individual situations, but i always accept new insight from wise people that know how to give it. Im content with living my own life by my rules until i die---thats how i find my happiness----doing things my way while accepting new ideas to add to my repitoire.

Infantilize

Infantilization occurs in America's business marketing techniques. It's used to make people feel good about a decision, but only because the person was being treated like a child. A good example is how most girls sweet talk their dogs with the over exaggerated positives tones. Infantilization negatively effects society because it takes the mutual respect away from relationships. I know i feel disrespected when im at Stevenson and am not aloud to be responsible for myself as a 17 year old and am treated like i was 10, yet at the same time it is expected from me to handle any given situation better than most other students because i do go to Stevenson. how does that make any sense? one example brought up in class is the fact that im not aloud to eat, drink, or go to the bathroom without permission. When in your life that you've ever been in an enviroment when you were older than 10 and had to ask to be allowed to go to the bathroom- or even to go get a drink? Now i don't mean asking where the bathroom is, im talking about asking for permission for you to leave and go handle your bodily functions that you've been able to deal with since around 3 or 4 after potty training.

One other Stevenson infantilization problem i have is the dress code- your'e not allowed to wear anything inappropriate yet high school students conversations include things way worse than anything i've ever seen on a t- shirt. just another time where your treated like a child only months before leaving to live on your own and go to college.

Bronx Tale Post

The reality of the neighborhood is socially constructed because a persons position of power in the neighborhood directly relates to theirs friend group and occupation. It can be seen through out the movie that C's father was below Sonny's class level because he was a bus driver and didn't make near the money Sonny made. On a social level C's father was also below Sonny because he controlled the neighborhood. His words also thus ring louder to the intermediate public, and when he says, "the working man is a chump", and he himself doesn't work, people tend to believe him. Now because everyone takes his word for true the social status he has decided now becomes reality to everyone in the neighborhood. This correlates to the fact that Sonny's word always goes because the position of power he is in. Sonny runs the bar's illegal gambling scene and is the head man in charge of the localized mafia.

Sonny says in the movie that he'd rather be feared than loved, but since he doesn't trust anyone he relies completely on the fact that people fear him. This fear forces the other people in the neighborhood to follow the game as Sonny plays it. For instance, when the biker gang came into their town Sonny took care of them by locking them in the bar after they disrespected him and proceeded by beating all the bikers up and then making sure that they would never forget who did that to them. This was force being used to enforce Sonny's rules. Basically everyone tried to stay out of Sonny's way because in turn Sonny kept the neighborhood safe from out of towner's looking for trouble. He would also crack down on anyone in the neighborhood that acted poorly by disrespecting them and or threating to hurt them. Over time the neighborhood probably let Sonny take over generally because there was no one to protect them, and in return they wouldn't rat on anyone that "rolled" with Sonny.

The racism in the story was also a social construct because the group of friends C hung out with all hated the black people only a couple blocks down. At the time most people were racist ( on both sides, white and black), and C's friends would act out to harm them. Since it was acceptable in the neighborhood to not like black people it is a social construct. Luckily in most situations C didn't do the damage his friends would, so in a way he was defying the social construct, but he did so covertly. An example of this is when he was supposed to be beating up the bike rider, who unknowingly was Jane's brother, he was just "acting" and wasn't doing any harm. If a person would have gone to the black side of town the same views vice versa would have been present. This can be seen after the big fire and all the black people are yelling and taunting C before he runs back home.

this weekend i had a very eye opening experience. During my experience things just started to click- what i mean is that connections were being made and they made sense. Basically human survival is dependent upon human interaction, which is based on communication- verbally, physically, and emotionally. Everything that a person thinks they know really is not anything more than that persons perspective. that perspective becomes reality to whoever is seeing or feeling from that vantage point. Everything looks simple if you only have one way of looking at it- but the unbelievable truth is that every human being has their own perspective and it deserves just as much value, if not more, than your own views and opinions because of the thought diversity.
It came full circle with empathy being the capability to share and understand others emotions and feelings- that this sole idea creates the need for communication and empathy expands your understanding of how the world really works.
My statements have more meaning too if you believe life is not about a destination but really a journey- and what you learn along the journey is what really matters- learning comes from understanding - understanding comes from multiple perspectives-

I was thinking about our socio imaginations and the connection between perception and reality. Our socio imagination is really just a bent reality to convince our selves that there is a common sense answer to everytihng, but there isn't. Does this mean when you bend other peoples perceptions of reality, like lying or having an alibi (boat example in class), that you are influencing other peoples socio imaginations?

Silence is like a mirror for thought, all it does is reflect the light shown upon it.

Yeah dats right